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18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
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Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
22 Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
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since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
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Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.
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